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Punjab Courts Act, 1918

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LEHNA SINGH (D) BY LRS.versusGURNAM SINGH (D) BY LRS. & ORS.

2024 INSC 429

The case arose from a suit for perpetual injunction where the plaintiff claimed ownership of land by natural succession, while the defendants relied on a Will that the trial court held to be suspicious and invalid. The trial court's decree in favour of the plaintiff was set aside by the first …

M/S. SHIVALI ENTERPRISESversusSMT. GODAWARI (DECEASED) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS

2022 INSC 952Appeal(s) allowed

M/S. Shivali Enterprises entered into an agreement to sell land to the respondents, receiving Rs.1,50,000 of the Rs.1,65,000 purchase price and taking possession, while the respondents were required to obtain an Income‑Tax Clearance certificate and have the revenue records mutated before execution …

SATYENDER AND ORS.versusSAROJ AND ORS

2022 INSC 839Disposed off

The plaintiffs (respondents) sued for declaration and possession of agricultural land, alleging the defendants were tenants who sub‑let the property. The defendants denied tenancy and filed a counter‑claim for two other plots. The trial court dismissed the suit but allowed the counter‑claim; the …

HARDIAL SINGHversusBALBIR KAUR & ANR.

2022 INSC 291Appeal(s) allowed

The plaintiffs filed a suit seeking declaration of title and injunction based on a will dated 19 April 1998 of the deceased Sucha Singh. The trial court upheld the will, but the first appellate court reversed, finding the will forged and upholding a later will executed by the mother. The plaintiffs …

JOGI RAMversusSURESH KUMAR & ORS

2022 INSC 131Appeal(s) allowed

The case concerned a Will dated 15 April 1968 in which Tulsi Ram bequeathed half of his self‑acquired property to his second wife, Ram Devi, as a limited life interest, with the remainder to pass to his son, Jogi Ram, after her death. The question was whether Ram Devi’s interest became an absolute …

AVTAR SINGH & ORS.versusBIMLA DEVI & ORS.

2021 INSC 569Appeal(s) allowed

The dispute concerned a property on GT Road, Shahabad Markanda, where the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had illegally broken the lintel of the first‑floor roof and constructed a staircase to take possession of their house. The trial court and the first appellate court, after considering the …

RANDHIR KAURversusPRITHVI PAL SINGH & ORS.

2019 INSC 806Appeal(s) allowed

Randhir Kaur filed a suit for specific performance of a 2004 agreement to sell 193 kanals 18 marlas of land, having paid earnest money of Rs.13.5 lakh through her son Dhanwant Singh. The trial court decreed specific performance, but the High Court, in a second appeal under Section 41 of the Punjab …

KIRODI (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRversusRAM PARKASH & ORS.

2019 INSC 674Dismissed

The appellant filed a regular second appeal alleging that the appeal was decided without framing a substantial question of law, relying on decisions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The issue before the Supreme Court was whether, under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure as amended by …

RAJINDER PAL SINGH LAMBAversusSURAJ BHAN & ORS.

2008 INSC 1130Disposed off

Two Lower Division Clerks, Rajinder Pal Singh Lamba and V.K. Garg, applied for promotion to Upper Division Clerk in 1986‑87 under Rule VI of Chapter 18‑A of the High Court Rules, which was framed under s.35(3) of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918. Their applications were rejected; the High Court later …

DELHI BAR ASSOCIATIONversusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2008 INSC 678Dismissed

The Delhi Bar Association challenged a notification issued by the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi that divided the territory into nine civil districts, alleging that the Lt. Governor lacked authority and that the decision was a policy matter not subject to judicial …

KULWANT KAUR AND ORS.versusGURDIAL SINGH MANN (DEAD) BY LRS. AND ORS.

2001 INSC 158Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants filed a suit for partition and rendition of accounts which was decreed by the lower appellate court. The Punjab and Haryana High Court entertained a second appeal under Section 41 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918, set aside the decree, and did so without framing a substantial question …

BANARSI DASversusBRIG MAHARAJA SUKHJIT SINGH AND ANR.

1997 INSC 702Dismissed

Banarsi Das filed a suit for permanent injunction claiming peaceful cultivation of land he alleged to have inherited, while the defendants asserted ownership and produced documentary evidence of a sale deed. The trial court dismissed the suit; the District Judge reversed that decision and decreed in …

CHANDER BHANversusHOTILAL GUPTA AND OTHERS

1990 INSC 306Dismissed

A vacancy for Upper Division Clerk arose in the Delhi Small Causes Court. The appellant, Chander Bhan, claimed the post on the basis of being a graduate and invoking the rule of rotation under Rule VI of the High Court Rules. Respondent No. 1, Hotilal Gupta, claimed seniority. The Judge of the Small …

DEV SINGH & ORS.versusREGISTRAR, PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT & ORS.

1987 INSC 111Dismissed

The appellants, ministerial officers of district courts in Ferozepur and Zira, were dismissed after taking part in slogans against a judicial magistrate and the district judge. They appealed the dismissal under Rule X of Chapter 18‑A of the Punjab & Haryana High Court Rules, which provides a …

MANGAT RAI & ANR.versusKIDAR NATH & ORS.

1980 INSC 157Appeal(s) allowed

Mangat Rai and another, tenants, deposited all arrears of rent, future rent, interest and costs in the court of a Senior Sub‑Judge under Section 31 of the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness Act, 1934. The landlord sued for eviction under Section 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, …